Elizabeth II: The Making of The Queen
The Ancients
History Hit
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Queen Elizabeth II has died after 70 years on the British throne.
Born in April 1926, Elizabeth Windsor became heir apparent, aged 10, when her uncle Edward VIII abdicated and her father George VI became king.
In 1947 – She married navy lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, a Greek Prince, at London’s Westminster Abbey before being crowned there in 1953 in the world’s first televised coronation.
In this special episode of Dan Snow’s History Hit, Dan is joined by historian Kate Williams to look at The Queen’s childhood, adolescence in WWII and the upbringing that made her a monarch admired around the world.
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Audio editor: Dougal Patmore
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there, I'm Tristan and welcome to the ancients. |
| 0:04.0 | Today we're bringing you a special memorial episode for Queen Elizabeth II, who was sadly |
| 0:09.5 | died at the age of 96. |
| 0:12.7 | It's an interview with Dan Snow and Royal historian Kate Williams on the life and legacy of this |
| 0:18.1 | extraordinary queen from our sister podcast Dan Snow's History Hit. |
| 0:22.6 | I'll be back soon. |
| 0:25.6 | On the afternoon of the 8th of September 2022, Queen Elizabeth II died. |
| 0:32.8 | It feels here in the UK like the end of an era. |
| 0:37.1 | This was a one born closer to the start of intercity railway travel in 1830 than to today. |
| 0:46.2 | She knew Churchill. |
| 0:48.2 | She was born into a world in which her grandfather, Kiempra George V, ruled over 25% of the |
| 0:58.2 | Earth's population. |
| 1:00.2 | It was a world with no computers, no televisions, no proper understanding of penicillin, DNA. |
| 1:07.9 | She was older than the UN. |
| 1:10.2 | She was older than the peoples of the Republic of China. |
| 1:12.9 | Although there's some debate, she is regarded the second longest serving monarch in history. |
| 1:19.2 | Having rained for 70 years, around two years less than Louis XIV of France, and he cheated |
| 1:25.1 | because he came to the throne as a small child. |
| 1:28.8 | She was born on 21st April 1926. |
| 1:33.2 | She discovered that she would be queen on the day that her uncle, Edward VIII, abdicated |
| 1:39.5 | and her father was placed on the throne. |
| 1:43.2 | She served during the Second World War, so she had veteran of that conflict. |
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